Richard Thomas Lowe | |
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| Born | 1802 |
| Died | 1874 Scilly Isles |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | botany, ichthyology, malacology |
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders.[1] In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Scilly Isles.
Taxa
Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:
- Caseolus, a land snail genus and eight species within it
- Lemniscia, a land snail genus and two species within it
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Notes
- ^ "Lowe, Richard Thomas (LW821RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ IPNI. Lowe.